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« on: Sunday, July 12, 2015, 11:16:11 » |
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Looking for a holiday destination for 7 nights in September, with Marrakech being an idea. Has anybody been before ? Is it worth a visit?
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« Reply #1 on: Sunday, July 12, 2015, 11:59:14 » |
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Petersfield on 18th July sounds good. http://www.visitpetersfield.comCan't wait to visit the physic garden.
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« Reply #2 on: Sunday, July 12, 2015, 12:44:29 » |
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Does the Marrakech Express stop at Petersfield?
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« Reply #3 on: Sunday, July 12, 2015, 12:47:58 » |
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Crosby, Stills and Nash sound useful additions to the squad.
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« Reply #4 on: Sunday, July 12, 2015, 13:11:28 » |
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Definitely worth a visit, fascinating culture, people, architecture; though prepare to get lost, constantly hassled by children trying to show you the way, and spend half the rest of your time watching your wife shopping.
7 nights is quite a long time, but there's a nice variety of day-trips you can do from there to break it up: Essaouira, Aït Benhaddou, the Atlas Mountains, making for a good compromise in your time-frame between relaxation and sightseeing.
You can also potentially do a trip to the Sahara, but it takes about 3 days and you spend most of that driving, so probably wouldn't recommend it if you're there for a week.
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« Reply #5 on: Sunday, July 12, 2015, 13:53:26 » |
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I did Agadir in October, they do trips to Marrakech & you get the beach holiday as well.
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« Reply #6 on: Sunday, July 12, 2015, 18:45:44 » |
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I went to Agadir last year.. a trek round the Atlas Mountains was superb.
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« Reply #7 on: Monday, July 13, 2015, 10:04:39 » |
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With everything going on, I would be dubious going anywhere north Africa based.
That's just me though.
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« Reply #8 on: Monday, July 13, 2015, 10:08:41 » |
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With everything going on, I would be dubious going anywhere north Africa based.
That's just me though.
Racist.
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« Reply #9 on: Monday, July 13, 2015, 10:11:27 » |
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Not at all. Just a big risk. Yes a risk, and nothing will probably happen. For me with Kids, we wouldn't contemplate that area.
Wales is much nicer.
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« Reply #11 on: Monday, July 13, 2015, 12:22:02 » |
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Not at all. Just a big risk. Yes a risk, and nothing will probably happen. For me with Kids, we wouldn't contemplate that area.
Wales is much nicer.
I wasn't being serious - just a reference to the Audrey saga.
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« Reply #12 on: Monday, July 13, 2015, 12:55:16 » |
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That region wouldn't interest me at all.
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« Reply #13 on: Monday, July 13, 2015, 14:56:25 » |
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North Africa is stunning in places. Go to the safer places while you still can. So many people in those countries rely on the tourism.
A few years back I stayed at the same Tunisian hotel as where those shootings happened. I remember feeling quite bad going through villages operating under borderline 3rd world poverty just visit some Star Wars set. Not to mention I was there while the country was still technically in a revolution.
Westerners eh.
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« Reply #14 on: Monday, July 13, 2015, 15:01:20 » |
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North Africa is stunning in places. Go to the safer places while you still can. So many people in those countries rely on the tourism.
A few years back I stayed at the same Tunisian hotel as where those shootings happened. I remember feeling quite bad going through villages operating under borderline 3rd world poverty just visit some Star Wars set. Not to mention I was there while the country was still technically in a revolution.
Westerners eh.
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